Nouns Answers
Directions:
Underline the nouns in the sentences below. The number of
nouns in each sentence is indicated in parentheses.
Example:
At high altitudes climbers tire easily. (2)
1.
The older girls dislike the mushy vegetables in frozen dinners.
(3)
2.
Shorter campaigns might make voters more interested in politics.
(3)
3.
Interesting baskets can be made of straw, bark or roots.
(4)
4.
After a long, lonely winter, the ugly duckling emerged as a
beautiful swan. (3)
5.
Chicory tastes like coffee but contains no caffeine.
(3)
6.
For her class Juanita created a gigantic collage
that included old shoes, silverware, and clippings from newspapers.
(7)
7.
Some people who have every pillow fluffed and in its proper
place in their rooms never make an effort to organize their
closets. (6)
8.
Vera’s salsa was delicious and contained very few calories.
(3)
9.
Detectors installed in the wrong places lead to frequent
false alarms. (3)
10. Osteoporosis is the abnormal loss of bone (3).